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Zartman and Bungie – working together
Hmm… curiouser and curiouser. Last week, Matt Soell mentioned the name of Doug Zartman in his Halo Update… and Hamish Sinclair wondered out loud about it on the Marathon’s Story Page. Well, today Matt clarified the comment – seems Doug, in his capacity as part of Microsoft’s Intellectual Property group, is doing quite a bit of Halo-related work these days… nice to see old names come together. (Check the What’s New section for August 28th for full details.)
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End of drought in sight
Matt Soell dropped by our forum recently to explain a bit about the dearth of new Halo material (screenshots, videos, etc). Bottom line – there’s stuff coming… soonâ„¢.
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Marine in Grey
Ashley Power sends in another desktop image for our Wallpaper section – this one in shades of grey. Take a look!
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In your face
Uploaded to our ftp site, a German clan site called Socket Error modifies a Halo screenshot for our Miscellaneous Art section. Check it out!
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Gaming Age looks at Halo
op-ivy noticed a new Halo preview at Gaming Age. There’s nothing new in it, and in fact there is some incorrect info (nothing major)… but press is press, right?
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Bullet to the brain
Death and destruction on the Halo, in NevinNiven‘s new story, ‘Sniper’s Paradise‘. You’ll find it in our Fan Fiction section.
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Is it in you?
He squeezed his eyes shut, blood pounding behind them. His fists clenched, fingernails biting into his palms and drawing up blood.
But he knew. He knew.Lieutenant Hibbins finds the strength to go on in Vector40‘s latest story, ‘A Reason for Fighting‘. Check it out in our Fan Fiction section.
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Fun with Photoshop
Marcel Baert sends in three variations on a theme for our Wallpaper section. Enjoy!
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Mmm… vehicles
The Watcher writes to let us know that the results for last week’s Question of the Week at the Online Universe have been posted. Check it out!
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Halo SETI Team 7 day stats posted
Dink!… Dink!… The Halo SETI Marines get slammed down two slots, to 52nd in the Battle of the Teams, due in part to the meteoric rise of Team Russia. Even with the timely addition of -horn- and Bjlake, they’re slipping – can you help? 7 day team stats show who’s pulling their weight, and who’s letting the Covenant slip in under the radar screen.
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Covenant pr0n
It was an interesting lesson in anatomy, seeing a fully grown Covenant elite standing naked before them. Restored to his natural state, he seamed nothing more than a wild animal that somehow evolved to walk on two legs. But now the awesome power of his muscular structure was fully realized, as well, and Tsheac did not seem any less intimidating.
The humans get more than they bargained for in the latest installment of ‘Sea of Steel’, in our Fan Fiction section. Thanks to Omniscient for sending it along!
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More Desktop variety
Ashley Power sends in another Wallpaper for our Wallpaper section – old shots, but a nice desktop image in any case!
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halo-war.de comes online
Christoph Lipp writes to say he’s started up a new Halo fan page – halo-war.de. Check it out!
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Lens flares and Marines
Lucas McFaul sends in a new Wallpaper for our Wallpaper section. (He was under the impression we only had 3 wallpapers in our collection – for anyone else under this misimpression, check out the navigation arrows at the top of the page – they’ll allow you to scroll through the collection, three backgrounds at a time.)
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Xbox != PC, in plain english
Bryan Kaufman sends in a pretty interesting link from The Enquirer, called “Inner Secrets of X-box Revealed“. There’s quite a bit of information from an anonymous Xbox developer – a goodly chunk of the technical points have been independently confirmed by Mat Noguchi in various posts on our forum, and it’s nice to see it all in one place like this. Definitely worth a read, for anyone who thinks that ‘the Xbox is just a PC with some custom stuff’.
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Fan Fiction – incoming
“Jeneril, I come in piecess . . . no, peace, I mean . . .”
Omniscient‘s Sea of Steel saga climbs to chapter 10 – and non-lethal contact is made. You’ll find it, and the other 9 chapters, in our Fan Fiction section.
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Marty hasn’t stopped screaming
Musashi’s Book of Five Rings? Matt’s Weekly Halo Update has arrived… and Matt sounds in definitely better spirits. (He’s also playing Halo, to the detriment of Update deadlines…) Lots of tweaks, several tantalizing tidbits… read it for yourself!
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Rolling Stone screenshot scanned
Thanks to Jesse Simko, who scanned in the new screenshot seen in a recent Rolling Stone issue… and to Stephen Laughlin, who pointed it out to us. (Pet peeve – and this isn’t directed at Jesse, it’s a general thing – if you run across a screenshot of Halo in a magazine, PLEASE – give more information about the location than ‘the current issue’. There have been at least 4 threads discussing this Rolling Stone issue, and NOBODY has stated anything about the issue involved (beyond a mention of ‘the issue with all the Nirvana interviews’ – which still requires searching what’s on the newsstand for content). Saying “The August 3rd issue of Newsweek, on Page 45” would be FAR more useful to others attempting to buy the magazine for scanning purposes.)
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New layout for Halo’s Universe
Bosskiller 51 writes to say that Halo’s Universe has a new layout. Spartan, but readable – we like that!
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Bob cleans up a big mess
He came upon the first body while still in the trees. It lay there with a huge hole in its torso like it had been shot with some sort of explosive weapon. Blue blood had soaked into the ground beneath it, washing into its face as it lay on a slight decline.
Tursas sends us Chapter 9 of the Hermes Trismegistus story, wherein Bob contemplates death from a few angles. Check it out in our Fan Fiction section.
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